1983-S: Splinter-like Annomoly on Reverse

[Guest]

Can anybody guess what the "spliter" is?

This is an intersting little anomoly. It is about the size of the leg on the 'E' in "one". It doesn't resemble any die features and is solid. I tried gently pressing down and it ws solid. Due to the hardness of the anomoly, the toohpick cause a bit of surface damage when I [gently] applied pressure.

Also, aside, the Motto on the obverse shows significant plating separation.


BTW: The camera doesn't do this coin beautiful rainbow patina any justice. It is like agem in the light.

Just a little fun before bedtime.

[hasfam]

Mmm.. very interesting. It seems a little too uniform and straight to be just a die break. I wish I was more knowledgable with errors or these kinds of things. I'll be watching this thread for enlightenment on the subject.
Rock

[jcuve]

There’s PSD on the obverse (as noted) and what I would have thought was a plating bubble on the reverse, but if that isn’t the case, I would suppose it was a die dent or gouge maybe.

[JeanK]

Die dent or gouge would be my guess, too.
Jean

[MintyFresh]

Deep coloring ---

Die gouge is what I was thinking. Nicely little oddity.

Jason, this coin is also deep in rainbow. It is one of the most beautiful coins I have seen in a very long time. My little USB camera just kills the aesthetic feel to the coin. Do you know what causes this type of deep coloring?

[jcuve]

Die gouge is what I was thinking. Nicely little oddity.

Jason, this coin is also deep in rainbow. It is one of the most beautiful coins I have seen in a very long time. My little USB camera just kills the aesthetic feel to the coin. Do you know what causes this type of deep coloring?

Not really. It was likely just in the right place for the right amount of time; I would guess that various compounds (unknown to me) mixed with oxygen to oxidize the copper just right.

I doubt that a LED would illuminate the coin to show this, you’d have to use a digital camera and experiment with light sources.

[MintyFresh]

God's gift

There is nothing like the human eye in capturing an aesthetic moment...

Not really. It was likely just in the right place for the right amount of time; I would guess that various compounds (unknown to me) mixed with oxygen to oxidize the copper just right.

I doubt that a LED would illuminate the coin to show this, you’d have to use a digital camera and experiment with light sources.